Wexton will serve the remainder of Attorney General Mark Herring's Senate term.

Wexton's win means the state senate is evenly split between Democrats and Republicans as long as democrat Lynwood Lewis wins a recount for Virginia's 6th Senate District. The recount is slated to happen on Monday, January 27. Any tie votes in the upper chamber are broken by the Lieutenant Governor. In this case, Ralph Northam, who is a Democrat.